4.6 from 33 votes
Chunky, Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies
The best peanut butter cookie recipe - it's chewy, chunky and super peanut buttery!
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
25 mins
Servings:
36
cookies
Calories:
191 kcal
Course:
Snacks
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1 cup peanuts roasted, salted
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour unbleached
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon table salt
- 1 cup butter salted
- 1 cup peanut butter not natural, crunchy
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- 2 egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
- Adjust oven racks to lower-middle and upper-middle position; preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Place the peanuts in a food processor or blender and pulse until the consistency of bread crumbs, about 14 pulses.
- Sift the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer on medium speed, beat the butter and peanut butter until creamy, about 2 minutes. Add the sugars and beat until fluffy, about 3 minutes, stopping to scrape down bowl as necessary. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then the vanilla. Reduce the mixer speed to low and add the dry ingredients gradually until combined without over mixing. Add the ground peanuts and stir gently with a rubber spatula until just incorporated.
- Working with 2 tablespoons dough at a time, roll into large balls, placing them 2 inches apart on a parchment-covered cookie sheet. Press each dough ball with the back of a fork dipped in cold water to make crisscross design. Bake until cookies are puffed and slightly brown along edges, but still pale on top, 10 to 12 minutes (they will not look fully baked), rotating the sheets halfway through baking. Cool cookies on cookie sheet until set, about 4 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Cookies will keep, refrigerated in an airtight container, up to 7 days.
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Notes
- Nutritional values are based on one cookie
Nutrition Information
Calories
191kcal
(10%)
Carbohydrates
20g
(7%)
Protein
4g
(8%)
Fat
11g
(17%)
Saturated Fat
4g
(20%)
Cholesterol
22mg
(7%)
Sodium
148mg
(6%)
Potassium
105mg
(2%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
12g
(24%)
Vitamin A
170IU
(3%)
Calcium
19mg
(2%)
Iron
0.7mg
(4%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 36 cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 191
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 191kcal | 10% |
| Carbohydrates | 20g | 7% |
| Protein | 4g | 8% |
| Fat | 11g | 17% |
| Saturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Cholesterol | 22mg | 7% |
| Sodium | 148mg | 6% |
| Potassium | 105mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 12g | 24% |
| Vitamin A | 170IU | 3% |
| Calcium | 19mg | 2% |
| Iron | 0.7mg | 4% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.